Love's Riddle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDB EBEBFB EBEBFB EBEBFB ABCBGB AHEHIH| Unriddle this riddle my own Jenny love | A |
| Unriddle this riddle for me | B |
| And if ye unriddle the riddle aright | C |
| A kiss your prize shall be | B |
| And if ye riddle the riddle all wrong | D |
| Ye're treble the debt to me | B |
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| I'll give thee an apple without any core | E |
| I'll give thee a cherry where stones never be | B |
| I'll give thee a palace without any door | E |
| And thou shalt unlock it without any key | B |
| I'll give thee a fortune that kings cannot give | F |
| Nor any one take from thee | B |
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| How can there be apples without any core | E |
| How can there be cherries where stones never be | B |
| How can there be houses without any door | E |
| Or doors I may open without any key | B |
| How can'st thou give fortunes that kings cannot give | F |
| When thou art no richer than me | B |
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| My head is the apple without any core | E |
| In cherries in blossom no stones ever be | B |
| My mind is love's palace without any door | E |
| Which thou can'st unlock love without any key | B |
| My heart is the wealth love that kings cannot give | F |
| Nor any one take it from thee | B |
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| So there are love's riddles my own Jenny love | A |
| Ye cannot unriddle to me | B |
| And for the one kiss you've so easily lost | C |
| I'll make ye give seven to me | B |
| To kiss thee is sweet but 't is sweeter by far | G |
| To be kissed my dear Jenny by thee | B |
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| Come pay me the forfeit my own Jenny love | A |
| Thy kisses and cheeks are akin | H |
| And for thy three sweet ones I'll give thee a score | E |
| On thy cheeks and thy lips and thy chin | H |
| She laughed while he gave her as much as to say | I |
| 'T were better to lose than to win | H |
John Clare
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